A high prevalence of serum GB virus C/hepatitis G virus RNA in children with and without liver disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-540

  Halasz, Robert ^a   Fischler, Björn ^a   Nemeth, Antal ^a   Lundholm, Suzana ^a   Sällberg, Matti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033013241     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515157     Document Type: Article

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